Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAMILLE MODERNE, by HELEN ANDERSON WINSLOW First Line: She is not wedded Last Line: Picking flowers! Subject(s): Single People; Women; Bachelors; Unmarried People | ||||||||
She is not wedded Her lovers are gentlemen who bring her corsages lozenges She thrusts them in crystal boxes Pet she says My Pet Straight in white never a night but she lies like a gilded doll the inevitable She lies with dreams of death She would be coffined in a bride's gown with thick blue lashes and a tiny crown This must be when the snow fills over the sills and potted palms are green inside Her friends will pass over the velvet grass and say Charmeuse But she says they will forget They will go on Picking flowers! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ODD WOMAN by MADELINE DEFREES THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COUNSEIL TO A BACHELER by MARIANNE MOORE MY KIND OF MAN by ANNE WALDMAN THE TWO OLD BACHELORS by EDWARD LEAR THE LAIRD O' COCKPEN by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE A CONSISTENT GIRL by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS FIRE TO FIRE by HELEN ANDERSON WINSLOW THE BALLAD OF WILLIAM SYCAMORE (1790-1880) by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET |
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